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Haitians in farming, construction.

HAITIANS IN FARMING, CONSTRUCTION. The director of Migration, Carlos Amarante Baret said that 95% of the jobs in the construction and agriculture sector are held by Haitians, reports Hoy (Aug. 8, 2005). He said that employers have favored illegal Haitian workers because on many occasions they

do not have to pay them the benefits they would have to pay Dominican nationals. Amarante Baret said that Dominicans also have to compete for jobs with a large number of illegal Cubans, Europeans, Chinese, Central Americans and South Americans who have migrated to the DR.

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